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    New Warmoth neck needs serious leveling - remove metal or press in frets?

    Thanks Cagey, that's exactly what I needed to know. I can deal with a few high spots. It may be a case where some random variances aligned just right (or wrongly), like a slightly shorter (within spec) fret is behind a slightly taller (within spec). I've never seen a case with a note frets out...
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    New Warmoth neck needs serious leveling - remove metal or press in frets?

    Thanks. I didn't realize there was such a variance along the fret wire. As for the Fender neck, I should clarify that it was a "replacement" neck. New - never mated with a guitar. Fender advises, much like Warmoth, that fitting of the pocket may be necessary as may leveling of the frets and...
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    New Warmoth neck needs serious leveling - remove metal or press in frets?

    Hi there. I'm on my first Partscaster build and have been very lucky so far. I picked up a genuine Fender roasted maple Telecaster neck on Amazon (of all places). Fit was perfect. 12" radius, medium jumbo frets. Frets were perfect out of the box (and I like a low action). A truss rod adjustment...
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    What the heck is a #38 drill bit?

    I started looking for one of these #38 bits for a new neck that I'm waiting on. Found 'em on Stewmac, but then recalled that I swapped out two brand new Fender necks this year (with pre-drilled holes) and one had very tight alignment pin holes and the other very loose, so I thought to measure...
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